Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Weekly Update: New Ebook coming and Octocon

Well, it's Tuesday and Monday's blog is a tad late. Sorry about that. It's been
a hectic week and everything got thrown out of kilter due to a family berevement (hence no post last Monday). On the positive side I
have a new Anthology coming out that, hopefully, will make up for the late blog.
The End of things includes two new novellas as well as a number of short stories that
have been published over the years and might be hard to get now. I've also
decided to include the 'Prelude to the Apocalypse' short stories and the HMS Swift
introductory stories, 'The Diabolical Plan' and 'The Island' as an added bonus
for anyone who has put off buying them individually.

This is great value
as the three of them alone would cost the cover price and you get so much more
with the novellas. This is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to the HMS
Swift series and Vampire Apocalypse series. It should be appearing in Amazon
listings next week as an ebook edition.

Octocon has come and gone for another year. It was
great catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. The panels were as mad
as ever but at least we now have a plan for the Zombie Apocalypse. Cork seems to
be the consensus as the best place to be - so book your tickets early. Pictures
and comments are available on the website, http://www.octocon.com/

Next week's
blog will be on time, no matter what happens. How's that for tempting fate?
Until next week then.

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About the author

Derek Gunn is the author of the critically acclaimed bestseller, Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder - the eBook alone has had over 87,000 downloads and has been described as “a Summer Blockbuster..” ~Gorezone, “An incredibly original piece of fiction “ ~Horror-Web, and “a terrific tale.” ~Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest. Three more books have been published in this series, Descent into Chaos and Fallout and a fourth instalment came out in April 2014, Vampire Apocalypse, Trail of Tears.

In August 2012, Derek self published in eBook editions two novellas (The Diabolical Plan and The Island) and a novel (Crimson Seas) in his historical naval horror fiction series, The HMS Swift Adventures. These have been picked up by his publisher Permuted Press for reissue in July 2014 as a single volume in print and eBook.

Derek also has a number of other stand alone novels published, The Estuary (Zombie fiction), The Gatekeeper (Apocalyptic Irish mythology thriller) and Gemini (Espionage thriller).

Derek’s short stories have been included in many anthologies including, from Signet Classics, Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts: 25 Tales of the Supernatural. The inclusion of his short story “The Third Option” fulfils a his childhood ambition to have a story of his included in an anthology with some of his literary heroes, as this collection also features works by Bram Stoker, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Oscar Wilde, Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Ann Rice, Woody Allen, Charles Dickens, Henry James, Joe Hill, Yvonne Navarro, Rudyard Kipling, Angela Carter and many more.

Derek works as a specialist consultant for a global telecommunications company. He holds a degree in Marketing.

He is a member of and a contributing editor for The International Thriller Writers Association and an active member of The Horror Writers Association.